501 W. Sickels St.
St. Johns, MI  48879
989-227-4100

Mark Palmer, Principal

St. Johns High School is committed to providing a wide variety of instructional strategies to meet students’ academic, career, and personal goals.  All students will be held to high academic standards as defined by the Michigan Merit Curriculum and assessed by the Michigan Merit Exam.

November 19, 2009

Dear Parent/Guardian:

We are sure you are aware of the reduction in funding for operating public schools in the State of Michigan.  This mid-year reduction will be devastating for many schools.  Indeed it is quite a blow for St. Johns Public Schools as well.  For St. Johns, the reduction results in at least a $750,000 budget deficit for school year 2009-10.  Our leadership team is doing as much as possible to keep the reductions away from the classrooms and extra-curricular activities.  At this time, to help balance the budget, St. Johns Public Schools has reduced administrative personnel.

One of the reductions was to have a shared principalship between the middle and high schools.  On Thursday, November 19, Mark Palmer began serving as principal of both the middle school and high school.  There will be challenges; however, we are confident that the faculty and staff of both buildings will pull together to continue to serve all of our children well.

St. Johns Public Schools provides wonderful learning opportunities for our students.  We are determined to keep these opportunities intact and look forward to the possibilities in the future.  In these difficult economic times, we must all work together to provide a rich and rewarding educational experience for all of our children.   Thank you for your support!

Yours in Education,

Ken Ladouceur PhD                                                   Mark Palmer

Superintendent                                                            High School Principal

                                                                                    Middle School Principal